Tomorrow at 5:00 pm is your deadline to apply for a seat on the city council

In his very first major decision as a new member of the Fullerton City Council, Ahmad Zahra flip-flopped. As a result, the vacancy created on the Council by November’s election will be filled by Council appointment rather than by a special election.

Or at least they’ll attempt to appoint someone. With a four-member Council, three of them will have to agree on an appointee; if this doesn’t happen, the automatic default will be a special election.

Sadly, only seven days were allowed for publicizing the application process, and there has been very little promotion of it. A mention on the City’s website could hardly be considered widespread exposure. Other than that, as far as I can tell the only media mentions have been in the Orange County Register last Thursday and on the Voice of OC website this morning.